Week of January 31, 2022

Please Note

- Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have a fun week planned with lots of activities! You can find all the information you need below. Valentine's Day information is also posted below!

- Test folders will be sent home on Wednesday. Please sign and return on Thursday.

- There will be a spelling and reading test on Friday this week.

- Dismissal is at 12:00 pm on Friday!

- Some special Catholic Schools Week notes:

                  *Send in canned goods, MLK bags and shampoo all week!

                  Monday (1/31) - dress down (no charge) in yellow

                  Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day and Crazy Hair Day - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses etc)!

                  Wednesday (2/2) - Dress up as your hero day!

                  Thursday (2/3) - Blue and White Day! Dress down in blue and white!

                  Friday (2/4) - Pajama Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

-Valentine's Day info:

     - please have all valentines sent to school no later than Friday, February 11th.  

     - No candy is permitted

Homework

- There will be no written homework this week! Please just review for the reading and spelling test and read for 10-15 minutes each night

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 10 "Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit." 

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Magic Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, edge

Math

We will continue practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! We will focus on counting backwards this week and also start learning about odd and even numbers.

Week of January 24, 2022

Please Note

 - If you have not been a Guest Reader yet, please be sure to sign up.  Guest Reader Signup

- We will have a math test on 10 more/less and 1 more/less on Tuesday. A review will be sent home for homework tonight.

- If you would like to send in rosary beads for your child, please do so. We will start saying a decade of the rosary every Friday as a class.

- We will have a Religion test on Chapter 9 on Friday. A study guide was sent home.

- You can send in your MLK Bags of Service this and next week and any shampoo donations. Thank you!

- Catholic Schools Week begins at Mass on Sunday.  Be on the look out for an email with more detailed information about the Virtual Talent Show, SKS Spirit Family Pics, and an Art Activity!

Some special notes:

                    * You can send in canned goods, MLK bags and shampoo all week.*

                  Sunday (1/30) Opening Mass at 9:30 followed by coffee

                  Monday (1/31) - Dress down in yellow! (no charge) 

                  Tuesday (2/1) - Crazy 8's Day and Crazy Hair Day! - accessorize your school uniform with 8 items (shoes, jewelry, socks, hats, sunglasses, etc.)

                  Wednesday (2/2) - Dress up as your hero day!

                  Thursday (2/3) - Blue and White Day! Dress down in blue and white.

                  Friday (2/4) - Pajama Day! Dismissal at 12:00 pm. 

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 196

practice sight and spelling words, and read

Math: complete test review

Religion: study 

Tuesday

Reading: page 197

practice sight and spelling words, and read

Math: no homework

Religion: study 

Wednesday

Reading: page 204

Practice  words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Religion: study 

Thursday

Reading: page 201

Practice  words and read

Math: workbook page 74

Religion: study for test tomorrow

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life" and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "The Big Race"

Target Skill: Cause and Effect

Phonics Skill: Long O and soft c, g, dge

Grammar: Verbs and time

Sight Words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch, where, those, saw, round

Spelling Words: rose, hope, cone, home, low, slow, coat, road, race, cage

Math

We will finish up with finding 10 more/less and 1 more/less than numbers and have a test on Tuesday. We will begin practicing skip counting by 10s, 5s and 2s! 

Week of January 17, 2022

- The MLK Bags of Service can be picked up this week! They will be collected during Catholic Schools Week (January 31st-February 4th). First grade has also been asked to donate shampoo. Thanks in advance for your help with this.

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Thursday. 

- Monthly Mass will be this Thursday at 9:00 am. Please join us in person or virtually.

- We will have a reading and spelling test this Friday on the story and words for "Seasons".

Homework

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 189

practice sight and spelling words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday

Reading: RN page 192

practice sight and spelling words and read

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for reading and spelling 

Practice Sight Words and read Seasons for test tomorrow

Math: complete worksheet

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 9 "Jesus Died and Rose to New Life."

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Sight Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will focus on 10 more/less and 1 more/less of a specific number. We will start trying to do this mentally without the help of a hundreds chart!

 

Week of January 10, 2022

Please Note

- I hope the kids enjoyed their first snow day of the year!  I don't know about you, but I felt like it was much needed even though it was out first week back!

- We did a supply check today. Lots of kids are in need of new sharpened writing pencils, glues sticks, crayons etc. If you could check with your child this week and grab some new supplies if needed in the next week or two that would be helpful.

- With the cold weather, please be sure to mark all outerwear with your child's name.

- Spelling words will increase from 8 to 10 this week. They have been doing an excellent job with these.

- Wednesday is a Dress Down Day for the BVM School in North Philadelphia. Their school was flooded and then broken into, burglarized and vandalized. Please send in $1.00 to dress down. Thank you!

- Thursday is picture retake day.

- There will be a Religion test on Chapter 8 on Friday.

- There is no school on Monday, January 18th for MLK Day.

Homework

Monday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 181

practice sight words

Math: page 69

Tuesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 182

practice sight words

Math: page 70

Wednesday

Religion: study for test

Reading: 183

practice sight words

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Religion: study for test

Reading: page 186

Math: page 71

A Peek at Our Week

Religion

We will finish Chapter 8 and have a test on Friday.

Reading

Story: "Seasons"

Target Skill: Cause and effect

Phonics Skill: Long I, digraphs -sh, -wh, -ph and contractions 's and n't

Grammar: Subjects and verbs

Magic Words: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow, many, pull, because, want

Spelling Words: ship, shop, when, why, crash, like, kite, night, pie, tie

Math

We will continue comparing numbers this week using <, > and =. We will review one more and one less and start practicing finding 10 more and 10 less.

Week of January 3, 2022

Please Note

-I hope you all had a great break! Thank you so much for your generous Christmas gifts. The entire faculty and staff truly appreciate your kindness and generosity. This week we will be working at getting back into our normal routine! 

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Wednesday.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday.

- Looking ahead: Picture retakes will be next Thursday, January 13th.

                            No school Monday, January 17th for MLK Day.

- Have a great week!

Homework

Monday

Reading: RN page 165

Math: complete worksheet

Tuesday

Reading: RN page 177

Math: complete worksheet

Wednesday 

Reading: RN page 175

Math: complete worksheet

Thursday

Reading: study for tests tomorrow

Math: page 67 and 68

A Peek At Our Week

Religion

We will start Chapter 8 "Jesus Had Followers".

Reading

Story: "How Leopard Got His Spots"

Target Skill: Sequence of Events

Phonics Skill: Long E, digraph -ch, -tch

Grammar: Statements and Commands

Magic Words: hold, been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very, good, full, friend

Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, rich, cheer, three, beach, teach

Math

We will continue our unit on number sense and review ordering numbers, find the number that comes before, after or between and start learning how to compare numbers using the <, > and = symbols.